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diff --git a/doc/direct_mode.mdwn b/doc/direct_mode.mdwn index 2acf52fd5..862a843cf 100644 --- a/doc/direct_mode.mdwn +++ b/doc/direct_mode.mdwn @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ changed files to git, pushes them out, pulls down any changes, etc. You can also run `git annex get` to transfer the content of files into your direct mode repository. Or if the direct mode repository is a remote of -some other, regular git-annex repository, you can use commands like `git -annex copy` and `git annex move` to transfer the contents of files to the -direct mode repository. +some other, regular git-annex repository, you can use commands in the other +repository like `git annex copy` and `git annex move` to transfer the +contents of files to the direct mode repository. You can use `git commit --staged`. (But not `git commit -a` .. It'll commit whole large files into git!) @@ -53,15 +53,11 @@ You can use `git log` and other git query commands. ## what doesn't work in direct mode -Don't use `git annex add` -- it thinks all direct mode files are unlocked, -and locks them. - In general git-annex commands will only work in direct mode repositories on files whose content is not present. That's because such files are still represented as symlinks, which git-annex commands know how to operate on. So, `git annex get` works, but `git annex drop` and `git annex move` don't, -and things like `git annex fsck` and `git annex status` show incomplete -information. +and things like `git annex status` show incomplete information. It's technically possible to make all git-annex commands work in direct mode repositories, so this might change. Check back to this page to see |